SIX THINGS I LOVE

My topic today is to write about six things I love.   There are at least two directions I could go with this blog.  I could be superficial and trite or I could go more deeply.  I hope that my observations and insights are found to be from the latter.

MUSIC:  I love music.   I love working hard and mastering a piece of music I find particularly difficult.  I love performing music and touching people’s lives with my music.   But I think the thing that I love most about music is that it is universal and covers every possible memory or emotion.

RAINY DAYS: Rainy days are beautiful to me.  I love listening to the rain falling.   I’m not an incredibly “outdoorsy” person; so being inside listening to the rain falling outside is a little bit of heaven on earth.   Sunshine, at least too much of it, makes me unhappy.   Rain is a good thing.

INTROSPECTION: I love thinking about life.    I love looking at my life, seeing where I can improve.   I love making lists and the sense of accomplishment that provides.

WORDS AND GRAMMAR:  While not an expert, I love grammar and words.  Words, their meaning and usage fascinate me.

BEING A FRIEND:  I have many acquaintances, but a small group of friends.  I love sharing a friendship with someone. Friendship is such a sacred calling.

BEING ME: I’ve been through a lot of bumps in life, and maybe still don’t have my life together, but each day I feel I grow a little more and understand my life much more.  I have to be me, because that’s the only person I know how to be.

Here’s my confession:  Life is an adventure, and while it is not always perfect, things have a way of working out in the right direction. What it all boils down to is that in life we have two choices—to embrace life and live it or to sit on the sidelines and complain.   I, for one, want to be on the team that is living life, because, while there are a lot of things in this world worth despising, there are also a lot more thanks worthy of love.